Washing-machine.



No. 822,371. PATENTED JUNE 5, 1906. J. G. KINGAID.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratented June 5, 1906.

Application filed November 18, 1904. Serial No. 238.304.

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JosEPH G; KINCAID, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hiawatha, in the county of Brown and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to washing-machines, and has for its object to simplify and improve the construction and increase the efliciency without increased expense or complication of the parts.

WVith these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages, and .the right is therefore reserved of making all the changes and modifications which fairly fall within the scope of the invention and the claims made therefor.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is=a sectional side elevation of the improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a plan view insection on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fi 3 is a perspective view of the movable rub or member and its operating-lever arm detached.

The receptacle for the clothes to be washed will preferabl be formed with sheet-metal bottom 10 an side walls 11, with a wooden top 12, pierced for a closing-cover 13, hinged at one side, as at 14, to the top and likewise provided with a wringer-supporting bracket 15.

Disposed upon the bottom 10 are radiating rubber ribs 16, and extending vertically upon the side walls 11 are spaced rubbing-ribs 17.

Pivotally connected with the cover 13, as by means of loops or eyes 18, is a frame 21 of approximately rectangular shape, said frame being preferably formed of a single piece of wire the endsfof which are bent upward adj acent to each other and connected by means of a collar 20, so as to form an arm or shank 19, which extends through a slot 24 in the cover. The ends of the members forming the shank 19 are extended laterally to form arms 23, which are pivotally connected with an operating frame or handle. (Seen in side elevation in Fig. 1 of the drawings.)

Pivotally mounted upon the lower member of the rocking frame 21 is a rubbingframe 26, composed of side members 26 resting upon a base 26 and abutting upon each other at their front ends in the form of an isosceles triangle. This frame is provided with loops or staples 27, extending both downwardly and laterally, the laterallyextending staples serving as connecting means for the side members of the frame with each other and with the base. Said staples or loops also serve to form a rubbing-surface, whereby the clothes that are to be washed will be actively engaged. The said rubbingframe is mounted, as stated, to swing pivotally upon the lower member of the frame 21; but it is of such dimensions that it will not rotate completely within said rocking frame. The triangular shape of the rubbing-frame is considered of great importance in the construction of the device, inasmuch as said frame serves as a wedge which on its forward movement will divide the contents of the tub or receptacle, thus causing every garment contained in the receptacle to be operated upon by the rubbing device.

The dimensions ofthe frame 2 1 are such that the rubber member will be maintained at a sufficient distance above the rubber ribs 16 to prevent direct contact therewith, but sufficiently close thereto to effect the proper action on the clothes. By this arrangement when the clothes, together with the requisite water and detergent material, are placed in the receptacle and the cover 13 closed and the arm reciprocated by means of the handle 25 the rubber member will press upon the clothes and rub them thoroughly back and forth over the rubber ribs and effectually remove all adhering particles of dirt therefrom and without mjury to the garments.

The device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured, and will quickly and thoroughly wash the clothes deposited in the receptacle.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a washing-machine, a receptacle having a hinged cover, a rocking frame connected with said cover and having a shank extending through a slot therein and provided with a handle, and a Wedge-shaped rubbing-frame of the sha e of an isosceles triangle connected pivotally With the rocking frame.

2. In a Washing-machine, a receptacle having interiorly-disposed rubbing members, a rocking frame supported in said receptacle, and a Wedge-shaped rubbing-frame of the shape of an isosceles triangle connected pivotally With said rocking frame.

3. In a Washing-machine, a rubbing-frame in the shape of an isosceles triangle havin side members abutting upon each other an upon a base, and staples connecting said side members With each other and With the base and extending laterally from the parts connected thereby to form clothes-engaging rubbing-surfaces,

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

I JOSEPH G. KINOAID.

Witnesses:

EDGAR TIMMONS, C. K. TIMMoNs. 

